Enculturation, Perceived Stress, and Physical Activity: Implications for Metabolic Risk Among the Yup'ik–The Center for Alaska Native Health Research Study

Enculturation, Perceived Stress, and Physical Activity: Implications for Metabolic Risk Among the Yup'ik–The Center for Alaska Native Health Research Study

Indigenous peoples

Andrea Bersamin, Bert Boyer, Bret Luick, Cecile Lardon, Christopher Wolsko, Judith S. Stern|, Scarlett Hopkins, Sheri Zidenberg-Cherr

Ethnicity & Health

Vol. 19

No. 3

2014

Taylor & Francis

Journal article

English

United States

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American Indians and Alaska Natives report among the lowest levels of physical activity in the U.S, but there is very little systematic research examining the determinants of physical activity patterns in these populations. This study investigated the relationships between enculturation (or, cultural traditionality), psychosocial stress, and physical activity in a community-based sample of Yup’ik women and men living in rural Alaska Native communities. Associations between these variables and several metabolic risk factors were also examined.

Kristen Walker